THE TERMS USED IN ENTOMOLOGY. 



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CoJitii^ni, toiichini!; one another. 



Fusciati, marked with stripes of a difterent colour: this may be ob- 

 sened in several of the Dipterous insects, particidarly those of the 

 Tubiituhe; but the colours fade when the insect is dead. 

 Ft'iitsti-uti, the pupil glassy and transparent. 

 Hemispherici, convex, like the section of a globe. 

 Ii/niiobi/cs, so fixed in the head as to be incapable of motion. 

 IiiJ'tri, placed on the under side of the head. 

 Intcrrupti, broken, but continued either above or below, as in the 



G^irinidcc. 

 Lataalcs, placed at each side of the head. 

 Liauiti, i-esemhliu'^ a crescent or new moon. 

 Mobiles, so situated as to be moveable. 

 Oblitirati, the pupil scarcely distinguishable. 

 Ccfuiii, eight distinct eyes, as in many of the Arachnoidu. 

 Ovules, egg-shaped, the outline at both extremities equal. 

 Vfduucidati, elevated on a stalk or peduncle. 

 Flani, the surface on the same plane with the head. 

 Prominuli, standing lar out from the head. 

 Quutcnii, with four eyes. 

 lieiitoti, distant from each other. 



Reniformes, kidney-shaped, nearly round, hollowed on one side. 

 Seni, with six distinct eyes. 

 Siwplucs, furnished with only one lens. 

 Vuriegati, of different colours. 

 Verticales, placed on the crown of the head. 

 OS, the mouth and its parts, (See p. 27.) 



lufcrum, when placed on the under side of the head. 

 Maxillosiini, with large maxilke. 



Fcctorule, situated in the breust, in a tube or rostrum, 

 Tcniiinule, the apex of the head. 

 Pag IN A superior, the upper surface of the wing. 



inferior, the under surface. 



Palatum, the interior part of the transverse lip. 

 PALPI, organs placed at the mouth, often articulated, and gerferally 

 shorter than the antennce, and are either two, four, or six. (P/. 10, 

 Jig. 1- e. g. labiul palpi, f.f. maxilluri/ palpi.) 

 Oavati, club-shaped, terminating in a knob; growing gradually 



thicker towards the apex. 

 Flongati, longer than common, or longer than the mouth. 

 Exurticulati, with no distinct articulations. 

 Erscrti, projecting, not lying hid. 

 Filifortiies, of the same thickness throughout. 

 Incurvi, turning straight upwards at the ends, o\xt the head. 

 FeditWmes, with a geniculated articulation like a foot. 



